Monthly Archives: May 2018

Featured Activity Kit: Puzzle: An Interactive Guide to Intriguing Puzzles and Games

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Emily Kim

Puzzle: An Interactive Guide to Intriguing Puzzles and Games is this month’s featured  activity kit. Filled with puzzles and games, this special folder allows for hours of fun brain power testing activities. Featuring twelve challenging and ingenious games, this kit … Continue reading →

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Canadian Farm Radio Forum

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Cassidy Foxcroft

From 1941-1965, the Canadian Farm Radio Forum operated as a mechanism for rural adult education, using the radio as a means of spanning Canada’s geographic distances and therefore reaching large numbers of Canadians simultaneously. Advertised as a discussion group for … Continue reading →

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OISE Library Display: Outdoor Education

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Julie Boon

Primarily, the way that the classroom and other educational environments have been conceptualized within Western society centers around a space that is enclosed and indoors. Oftentimes, recess and gym are the only school-time activities associated or deemed appropriate for the … Continue reading →

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OISE Lobby Display: Mental Health Education

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Lynda Yao

For Mental Health Week (May 7th – 13th), the OISE Library is featuring a selection of books and resources from our Curriculum Resources and Stacks collection related to Mental Health Education. These titles cover topics such as mental health in … Continue reading →

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New Titles: Teaching in the Digital Age

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Julie Boon

As contemporary society delves further into the Digital Age, technological devices and digital systems and programs become more and more integral to the transfer of knowledge and information. So integrated are these digital interfaces that some privileged classes of youth … Continue reading →

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